I am the interview pro

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Sadly d000000000gh, it's real life and it does count sadly in the sales part of contracting.

First impressions etc

Yeah it does make a difference if you're REALLY bad but in a techy role it's expected in many cases or at least tolerated, so you can get away with it.

I agree and disagree. Yes most techies are like this, and they are the ones who stay in the back room, have their long pony tails, greasy hair and go on about role playing games, manga etc etc

Contractors on the other hand, look smart, fit in with the management, and can aim their conversations at the tech level that the business owners / directors can understand. And this is why we are paid a lot more, and techies are on £25k (which makes them the biggest earner amongst their clan member friends.)

It depends what you DO as a contractor. You can be a techy contractor who spends all their time writing code and designing systems in UML. Or you can work remotely via email and hope they never realise. That's my tactic